UPS to Settle Web Pharmacy Case

United Parcel Service Inc. agreed to forfeit $40 million to settle a probe into its shipments on behalf of illicit online pharmacies, federal prosecutors said Friday.

The deal was the latest move in the U.S. government's expanding crackdown on illegal sales of prescription painkillers. More than 16,000 people died of opioid overdoses in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.